In this book different aspects of language and aging are discussed. While language spoken by and language spoken with elderly people have been treated as different areas of research, it is argued here that from a dynamical system perspective the two are closely interrelated. In addition to overviews of research on language and aging, a number of projects on this topic in multilingual settings are presented.
Table of Content
Preface
1 Introduction: Language, Aging and Multilingualism
2 Language and Aging: A Dynamic Perspective
3 Language and Communication with the Elderly
4 Language Use and Language Skills in Healthy and Pathological Aging
5 Resources in Language and Aging
6 Multilingualism, Aging and Dementia
7 Bilingual Aging in Older African-Americans
8 The Effects of Age and Education on Narrative Complexity in Older Chinese in the USA
(Sinfree Makoni with Hwei-Bin Lin and Robert Schrauf)
9 Language in an Epidemiological Study: The North Manhattan Aging Study in New York City
10 Old and New Perspectives on Language and Aging
Bibliography
About the author
Sinfree Makoni is a Professor in Applied Linguistics and African Studies, Director of African Studies and Interim Director of the Africana Research Centre at Pennsylvania State University, USA. He holds Extraordinary Professorship, Visiting Professor and Researcher positions at several South African institutions: North-West University, Nelson Mandela University, University of the Western Cape and University of Zululand.
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